Truth Matters For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. -3 John 3-4 Why should we care so much about the truth? How concerned should we be about being deceived? Is discernment really that important—that indispensable for life? Doesn’t truth—as well as “doctrine” and discernment—cause division? Isn’t it more loving to just drop our Continue Reading
False Teachers And Sin
Clear And Present Danger But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings. -Jeremiah 23:21-22 Of all the dangers facing believers and non-believers alike, false teachers are near the top. Some would even say false teachers are the number one threat when it comes to harming and destroying others. So how can we discern if someone qualifies as a “false teacher”? Along Continue Reading
Top 10 Marks of Enablers
ARE YOU AN ENABLER? First of all, let me just say this: we've probably all enabled someone at some point in our lives. If you care about others, if you like to help out when you see a need, if you tend to be "nice,"-- basically, if you are human--then it's likely you have “enabled” one or more people in your lifetime (in big or small ways). We all have our biases, especially when it comes to relationships and personal responsibility. And we will all get things wrong from time to time when Continue Reading
Truth & Lies: Part 2
Truth and Lies [ Read Part 1 ] When it comes to falsehood, the usual rationale or justification for listening to questionable sources goes something like this ... Just eat the meat and spit out the bones. It’s okay because the good stuff outweighs the bad. I don’t know if it’s true, I just know it helped me. All truth is God’s truth. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. All I know is I felt it, I experienced it, so it must be true - and it can’t be bad. It works. Continue Reading